By STEPHANY ROMANOWEditorA new report on freight-rail rates prepared by Escalation Consultants finds that the premiums on rail shipments soared by 90% from 2005 to 2011, despite a drop in demand.This ..

By MARK DRAJEMBloombergThe odor in drinking water lingering more than a month after a chemical spill in West Virginia is prompting officials to test homes and consider the potential long-term health e..

By BRADLEY OLSON and DAN MURTAUGHBloombergExxonMobil's push to export US oil overseas is facing a new obstacle: falling gasoline prices.A flood of new oil from Texas to the Great Plains has swamped re..

The Plastics-to-Oil Technologies Alliance of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) will focus on increasing the awareness and benefits of plastics-to-oil technologies along with strengthening the indus..

By MARK DRAJEM, ANGELA GREILING KEANE and LYNN DOANBloombergSafety rules will probably be tightened on crude oil shipments from North Dakota following a string of railway explosions, threatening to da..

By BILLY THINNESTechnical EditorHOUSTON -- The hub of the automation world moved to Houston this week when more than 9,700 manufacturing and industrial professionals gathered for the Automation Fair e..

By Ben DuBoseOnline EditorNorth American petrochemical producers have had lofty margins in recent years, given ample ethane feedstocks derived from the regional shale boom.Those margins, in turn, are ..

To see Day 1 of the official newspaper of the AFPM 2013 Q&A and Technology Forum, please click here. Published by Hydrocarbon Processing as two daily editions, Oct. 6/7 and Oct. 8, and as an electroni..

By Roger JordanWorld OilHOUSTON -- Honeywell has opened a new Customer Experience Center (CEC) in Houston. The $3-million facility, which includes a display of Honeywell's product range, will serve as..